The Fairview Tigers will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two weeks ago, it was close, but Fairview sidestepped Harbor Creek for a 6-5 victory.
Meanwhile, Mercyhurst Prep had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Sunday. Everything went their way against Varsity Opponent as they made off with a 23-4 win. The Lakers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.
Brady Coleman and Hayden Spencer made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Coleman struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Meanwhile, Spencer struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave Coleman a new career-high in strikeouts. At bat, Coleman scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while Spencer went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two runs.
In other batting news, Mercyhurst Prep got a massive performance out of Zack Kruszewski, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Stoker, who went 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBI.
The victory got Fairview back to even at 1-1. As for Mercyhurst Prep, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Fairview came up short against Mercyhurst Prep in their previous meeting back in August, falling 6-3. Can Fairview avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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